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Of the 26 samples of spirits taken, one sample of whisky contained 3 2
per cent of excessive water. No proceedings were instituted, but further
samples were obtained from the same source and found to be genuine.
Six informal samples of bread and butter were taken. Two were found
to have margarine substituted for butter. Formal samples were taken from
the same source, and one was again found to have margarine substituted for
butter. Proceedings were instituted, and the defendant was ordered to pay
£2 2s. Od. costs.
Of the samples of milk 10 or 1.7 per cent were found to be below the standard
fixed by the Board of Agriculture.

In seven of the samples, water was certified to have been added; in six
cases it was less, and in one more than 5 per cent, three of the samples showed
deficiency in fat ranging from 1 to 31 per cent, below the standard as laid
down of the Board of Agriculture. In one sample it was certified that 3 per
cent water was added and 3 per cent fat abstracted.
Legal proceedings were instituted in four, or 40 per cent, of the cases in
which samples of milk were below standard.
No legal proceedings were considered advisable regarding the remainder
of the samples of milk below standard. The percentage of the adulterated
samples of milk in which the departure from normal was so small that it was
not thought advisable to institute legal proceedings was 60.0.
The Average Composition of milks supplied in Shoreditch during 1931
is shewn in the following table: —